28 June, 2011

Dubai is a shopper's paradise. Although, now every brand is available in India, but there are still a few, that are my top favorite, and do not have their outlets in India. Below, is an example of one. I felt like Alice in wonderland there. What an enriching experience?

And yes, all pictures are candid shots, shot by my son. I could not have bothered to pose during such enchanting moments.

Where do I start writing after a long gap? First, let me thank all the new followers and those of you who leave your precious comments. They do mean a lot to mean. I do visit your blogs too. But as of now, I am unable to leave a comment on each one of your blogs due to extreme time constraints. But I shall be back soon.

Now lets see what I have been doing. On 15th, I left for a short trip to Dubai. More pictures and descriptions will follow. But here is the picture for 15th. It was extremely hectic day with lot of running around. Hence, absolute no make up, tired, after journey, bloated, look.

One of the best holidays that I’ve had was in New Zealand about two to three years back. My husband, sons and I drove from Auckland in the north to Queensland in the south, all in a span of 20 days. Along the way we visited a glacier, watched dolphins, visited a dormant volcano and went zorbing and bungee jumping, amongst other things. The landscape was acres and acres of barren land. It was beautiful and at the same time, scary. The food too was great with really crunchy and fresh vegetables available everywhere. It was a great adventure-cum-sporty holiday.

I am regularly on air on on NDTV 24/7 channel. Monday to Friday. Morning 7.30AM.
My show is called Fit for Life.
It is going to be short, mini capsule on fitness.
I will soon be posting videos of the same.

In this whole Razzmatazz following Baba Ramdev, many channels and publications have asked my take on him.
People have seen the reality Now. I have gone on air publicly many a times and have spoken anti him and his tactics and gimmicks. I never ever believed in him and his ways in the first place.

He had made false claims that doing certain Yoga can "cure" diabetes, turn your grey hair black again.
I have gone on record to burst this myth.
You may rub your nails against each other all your life and still your grey hair will remain grey. (Unlike what he preaches that doing this 15 minutes a day, will turn them black). But, I can assure you that 15 minutes of good hair color/dye, will change the color of your hair, to your desired color.

No amount of Kapalbhati will ever "cure" diabetes. Yoga can prevent, can keep your insulin levels in check. But if you have been diagnosed with diabetes, yoga cannot cure it completely.

Yes, Ramdev did promote Yoga. But so did many others. Also he misled quite a number of people by exaggerating the benefits of yoga. He almost made Yoga like Rajnikanth- cure for every possible thing, including AIDES. One look at his distorted shape is an evidence enough that yoga cannot cure everything.

He himself himself has so much black money. What is he talking about? Corruption and black money.
How does this man has a private island, assets worth hundreds of crores. Yeah, he will say through donation.
High time that the world knows about his PR agency which made him a Baba. He is no Guru.
Anyone can become a Baba or Maa like that and start preaching.
Actually no. I can't. Because, I love my life, my socializing, my dancing, my fashionable clothes and also I cannot over exaggerate the effects of yoga.

People have asked my take on my Guru Sri Sri RaviShankarji supporting Ramdev.
All I would say is, I do believe and would continue to believe in Him.
What He is doing and why He is doing, only He knows. (Unki leela wahi jaane).
He has equal love and compassion for everyone.